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Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 1, 2008 / Notices 37459 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health; Designation of a 

Class of Employees for Addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a 

decision to designate a class of 

employees at SAM (Special Alloyed or 

Substitute Alloy Materials) Laboratories 

of Columbia University, in New York 

City, New York, as an addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under 

the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000. On May 30, 2008, the Secretary of 

HHS designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

All employees of the Department of Energy 

(DOE), its predecessor agencies, and DOE 

contractors or subcontractors who worked in 

the Pupin, Schemerhorn, Havenmeyer, Nash, 

or Prentiss buildings at SAM (Special 

Alloyed or Substitute Alloy Materials) 

Laboratories of Columbia University in New 

York City, New York, from August 13, 1942, 

through December 31, 1947, for a number of 

work days aggregating at least 250 work days 

occurring either solely under this 

employment or in combination with work 

days within the parameters established for 

one or more other classes of employees in the 

Special Exposure Cohort. 

This designation will become 

effective on June 29, 2008, unless 

Congress provides otherwise prior to the 

effective date. After this effective date, 

HHS will publish a notice in the 

Federal Register reporting the addition 

of this class to the SEC or the result of 

any provision by Congress regarding the 

decision by HHS to add the class to the 

SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 

Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 513– 

533–6800 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Information requests can also 

be submitted by e-mail to 

OCAS@CDC.GOV. 

Dated: June 16, 2008. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E8–14822 Filed 6–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–17–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health; Designation of a 

Class of Employees for Addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a 

decision to designate a class of 

employees at the Hanford Nuclear 

Reservation in Richland, Washington, as 

an addition to the Special Exposure 

Cohort (SEC) under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000. On 

May 30, 2008, the Secretary of HHS 

designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

All employees of the Department of 

Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies, 

and DOE contractors or subcontractors 

who worked from: 

1. September 1, 1946 through 

December 31, 1961 in the 300 area; or 

2. January 1, 1949 through December 

31, 1968 in the 200 areas (East and 

West) at the Hanford Nuclear 

Reservation in Richland, Washington, 

for a number of work days aggregating 

at least 250 work days occurring either 

solely under this employment or in 

combination with work days within the 

parameters established for one or more 

other classes of employees in the 

Special Exposure Cohort. 

This designation will become 

effective on June 29, 2008, unless 

Congress provides otherwise prior to the 

effective date. After this effective date, 

HHS will publish a notice in the 

Federal Register reporting the addition 

of this class to the SEC or the result of 

any provision by Congress regarding the 

decision by HHS to add the class to the 

SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 

Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 513– 

533–6800 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Information requests can also 

be submitted by e-mail to 

OCAS@CDC.GOV. 

Dated: June 16, 2008. 

John Howard, 

Director, National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health. 

[FR Doc. E8–14824 Filed 6–30–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–17–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health; Designation of a 

Class of Employees for Addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort 

AGENCY: National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health 

(NIOSH), Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS) gives notice of a 

decision to designate a class of 

employees at the Horizons Inc. facility, 

Cleveland, Ohio, as an addition to the 

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) under 

the Energy Employees Occupational 

Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000. On May 30, 2008, the Secretary of 

HHS designated the following class of 

employees as an addition to the SEC: 

All Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) 

employees who worked at the Horizons, Inc. 

facility from January 1, 1952, through 

December 31, 1956, for a number of work 

days aggregating at least 250 work days 

occurring either solely under this 

employment or in combination with work 

days within the parameters established for 

one or more other classes of employees in the 

Special Exposure Cohort. 

This designation will become 

effective on June 29, 2008, unless 

Congress provides otherwise prior to the 

effective date. After this effective date, 

HHS will publish a notice in the 

Federal Register reporting the addition 

of this class to the SEC or the result of 

any provision by Congress regarding the 

decision by HHS to add the class to the 

SEC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Larry Elliott, Director, Office of 

Compensation Analysis and Support, 

National Institute for Occupational 

Safety and Health (NIOSH), 4676 

Columbia Parkway, MS C–46, 

Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 513– 

533–6800 (this is not a toll-free 

number). Information requests can also 

be submitted by e-mail to 

OCAS@CDC.GOV.